THE MAN FROM ELYSIAN FIELDS is a daring and stylish morality tale featuring seductive star turns and brilliant, biting dialogue. Andy Garcia plays Byron Tiller, an impoverished writer who becomes a reluctant gigolo to support his wife and son. He soon finds himself face to face with an extremely attractive woman whose aging husband is a Pulitzer Prize winning novelist grappling with a novel that may be his last. Before long, Byron finds himself immersed in a world that he finds almost impossible to believe and even harder to explain. The film is anchored by a series of elegant performances: Garcia as the bemused and befuddled writer whose life takes a surprising turn; James Coburn as the spirited white-haired author struggling with his mortality; Olivia Williams as his beautiful, devoted partner; Julianna Marguiles as Byron’s long-suffering wife; and Anjelica Huston as Luther’s longtime wealthy paramour. But it is Mick Jagger as the proprietor of an elite male escort service, who, with line after line of dry, straight-faced wit, adds an invigorating comedic edge to the film’s dramatic storyline.
Academy Award nominee Andy Garcia (Nominee, Best Actor in a Supporting Role, Godfather 3, 1991), Mick Jagger (lead singer for The Rolling Stones) and Julianna Margulies (Ghost Ship, TV's ER) star in the provocative tale of a struggling novelist who resorts to extreme measures in order to provide for his family. Also starring Olivia Williams and Academy Award winner James Coburn (Winner, Best Actor in a Supporting Role, Affliction, 1997).
Becoming a successful writer remains an elusive dream for Byron Tiller (Garcia). No longer able to pay the bills, worried about his family's livelihood and seeing no other option, he reluctantly seeks employment as Elysian Fields-an upscale male escort service. But as Byron slowly succumbs to the demands of the job-and his own desires-a destructive pattern of deception threatens the very thing he sought to protect...his family. "A romantic drama about seduction and betrayal." -Leah Rosen, People.
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Add The Man from Elysian Fields to the list of essential movies about the pains of writing. This wry comedy-drama charts the frustrations of a financially strapped novelist (Andy Garcia) as he desperately and secretly agrees to be an "escort" for ladies who need, err, escorting. This leads him into a Faustian bargain to help a beautiful client (Olivia Williams) whose husband, a once-great, now-dying writer (a mighty James Coburn), is struggling with a final work. Of course the fact that the men are sharing a project and a woman complicates matters--and Garcia's loyal wife (Julianna Margulies) is curious about all these nights spent away. The movie explores different levels of compromise and betrayal, yet it remains tartly amusing throughout. And it has a glorious casting inspiration: the director of the mysterious escort service is played by Mick Jagger, looking decadently elegant and purring like a vaguely satanic Siamese cat. --Robert Horton
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